We are Z1MT, a creative studio delivering premium consulting services, global campaigns, and top-tier productions. We empower brands to create lasting impact, reinvent, inspire and connect with audiences, leaving them with goosebumps. We're here to spice it up!
SERVICES
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Consulting
Providing expert advice in relation to general marketing, brand and content strategy
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Marketing and Content Strategy
Finding the right approach and an impactful path to reach your goals
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Outstanding Creative
Creative concepts and briefs that align with brand narratives
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Production and Execution
Bringing impactful stories to life
ABOUT US
CEO & Co-founder
Karina is a visionary, exceptional storyteller, director, producer and strong leader with 16 years of combined professional experience in media, content, production, marketing and communication. With the team she led at G2 Esports, Karina was awarded Esports Awards for Best Video Production Team and Best Creative Esports Piece in 2021.
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SENIOR CREATIVE PRODUCER & CINEMATOGRAPHER
Charles is an award-winning cinematographer, specializing in commercials, documentaries, and esports content with a focus on clean lighting and calculated movement of the camera. He has crafted visually stunning work for clients such as BMW, Intel, and Red Bull. His keen eye ensures emotionally engaging and quality storytelling in every project.
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CLIENTS
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CREATIVE CONCEPT AND IDEA
Team Vitality approached us with the idea of creating a friendly rivalry style content piece for VCT 2024. We worked together on expanding the initial brief and adding some brand relevant flair while creating a heist / prank video staged in the Team Vitality and fellow French VCT team Gentle Mates’ offices.
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PRODUCTION DESIGN 1/2
We took inspiration from a viral TikTok video series that featured someone covering his parents’ kitchen surfaces with various sticky foods. We thought this was a perfect setup for our prank which was relevant and playful. To keep on brand for Team Vitality, we decided on using honey as the sticky substance for our concept.
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PRODUCTION DESIGN 2/2
We created an authentic look mixing pre-prepared and colored translucent resin and real honey on location in the Team Vitality offices. Re-dressing the Vitality kitchen and transforming the existing location into the imaginary Gentle Mates office allowed us to fit all our planned filming into one day to respect the busy schedule of the pro players.
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
To fit around a tight shooting schedule, we came up with visuals that didn’t need specialist equipment. We used a retro camcorder from the 2000’s to push the ‘home-video / Y2K prank’ look, helping to put the audience in the shoes of one of the accomplices. To emphasize the ‘American’ and ‘pranky’ vibe, we used servo lenses and incorporated zooms.
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THUMBNAILS AND SEO
Adam Savage’s YouTube channel TESTED carries on the Mythbusters’ torch and delivers daily content for makers and builders. Z1MT created distinctive thumbnails to drive traffic to the channel and this combined with our focused SEO optimization has amplified the channel’s reach and engagement metrics.
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SHORTS
We conceptualized and produced numerous YouTube shorts, which were tailored both to resonate with Adam’s unique and already established audience, as well as appeal to the wider YouTube community. Some of our shorts subsequently went viral, with one shattering the channel’s previous record numbers for a single piece of content.
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CREATIVE CONCEPT AND IDEA
Z1MT presented three original concepts and the idea ‘Empowering Dreams’ was selected. The ad tells a story of five teenagers who find each other through online gaming, form a team, and ultimately win an IEM championship using the Intel-powered hardware. Their success inspires the next generation of players
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CASTING
To celebrate the Intel Extreme Masters throughout the video, we chose the locations of the players based on the 2023 IEM tour of events: Rio de Janeiro, Katowice, Dallas and Cologne. We put a lot of effort into casting authentic players from every location.
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CINEMATOGRAPHY 1/2
We focused on integrating the Intel brand identity in a natural way, while creating interest and hype with an elegant emphasis to achieve the look of precision that Intel is known for. We added quick moving motion control shots delivering a sense of exactness that would otherwise be impossible.
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CINEMATOGRAPHY 2/2
To get an authentic feel of a global shoot while shooting exclusively in Berlin, we harnessed the incredible power of the color science of the ARRI Alexa 35 and pushed the latitude to the limit in grading, portraying the mood of everything from dark nights in Poland to the bright and tropical Brazil.
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Directing & Producing
In 4.5 years at the helm, Karina led all content efforts at G2 Esports including video, graphics and social teams. She managed planning, branding, marketing, content strategy, budgeting and staff hires. Karina actively produced and directed key pieces supported by Matt and Charles.
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Consistency & Growth
During her time at G2, Karina supervised production and collaborations and maintained a unique tone as well as consistent output across platforms culminating in over 250 content pieces/year and significant growth on all distribution channels.
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No Clue - Adidas x G2
Producer and G2 Esports’ production liaison: Karina
Significance: Big budget production with carefully vetted production partners, mixed actor and G2 talent team, tight recording and deadlines, multiple satellite shoots, additional 3D FX.
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So Majestic – Ralph Lauren x G2
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Significance: Tying G2 and Ralph Lauren brands together keeping the elegance of Ralph Lauren and the humor of G2, tight recording and delivery timeline, animal actor and exclusive vintage BMW.
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One Last Try – G2 Worlds 2020
Producer, Executive Producer: Karina DP/ Director: Charles Post-production Supervisor, Editor: Matt
Significance: Full-feature documentary, resource heavy recording and editing workload, extremely tight overall deadline, unique visual solutions and narrative building.
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Aruni the Gatekeeper – R6 Pilot Program Commercial
Director of photography: Charles
Significance: Extremely ambitious promotional commercial for in-game digital items, creatively pushing boundaries and utilizing practical effects, e.g., fighting scenes, exploding a real car.
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DHL Dota 2 Adventures Creative
Z1MT was given full control of creative and production, presenting the concept to EFG and DHL, taking the lead on scripting and coordinating it with the on-screen talent. We oversaw creating 3 new episodes for the beloved, witty and action-packed DHL Dota 2 Adventures.
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Production
Initial production was planned by EFG for the DHL Leipzig Hub location, however, to increase the production quality, Z1MT organized a set of secondary locations in Berlin. Through the artistic lighting and visual variety of spaces we upped the visual value.
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Cinematography 1/2
Due to security and crew count limitations at DHL Hub Leipzig we had to keep the shoot simple, so we took advantage of what was already existing in the space; lots of depth and a bright red and yellow colour palette that worked perfect with the DHL branding.
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Cinematography 2/2
We contrasted images from Leipzig with stylised cinematic sequences as part of the secondary shoot on location in Berlin. That way, the overall production could retain a very high quality with contrast between the DHL Hub and the Berlin locations that supported the narrative.
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Reception
The first episode aired live during the ESL One Berlin Major, generating over 500K views and overwhelmingly positive responses in Twitch chat and on YouTube. The second episode “The Last Of Dota 2” aired during DreamLeague Season 20 online on Twitch reaching over 500k views as well.
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YouTube: Thumbnails, Descriptions, Titles
Kyle's successful YouTube channel delivers intriguing scientific educational content. By repurposing existing long form content into trendy short form content has given existing videos new life and unlocked new, modern and younger audiences along with refining the SEO elements for Kyle’s videos has resulted in extended reach, more traffic driven to the channel and subsequently, more views.
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3D Background Scenes
We completely reinvented and elevated the look of Kyle Hill’s Facility. Z1MT was responsible for creating intricate animated 3D backgrounds, seamlessly integrating Kyle within the videos and creating an immersive experience for the viewer.
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Las Vegas '23
Executive Producer: Karina
As Esports Awards 2022 moved to Las Vegas, we supported their aim to create a big impact and generate content for 2023. With a meticulous pre-production process and proactive approach, we captured valuable supplementary pieces and more evergreen content than ever before in just three days. This content was released in batches leading up to the Esports Awards 2023.
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A Wave of One
Executive Producer for the campaign: Karina
Significance: The first global campaign in Team Liquid history. An over 6 month coordinated effort across Europe, North America, and Brazil, creating a brand animation video, graphical assets, and photography from 6 global photoshoots.